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Living Donor Liver Removal, Left Section

Kentucky rates for HCPCS 47140

Removes the smaller, left-hand section of the liver from a healthy living donor so that it can be transplanted into another person, most often a child or a small recipient for whom that portion is the right size. The donor's remaining liver grows back toward its normal size over the following months.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Living Donor Liver Removal, Left Section cost?

$3,548

Typical negotiated rate. In Kentucky, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $3,548 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $3,548 from a physician practice, and about $7,244 from a hospital or other facility. The two figures are alternatives, not parts of one bill.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Where it's billed changes the price

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$3,548$3,311 to $4,266
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$7,244$3,802 to $9,120

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,244 · 10th to 90th $851 to $11,220Professionalmedian $3,548 · 10th to 90th $2,951 to $4,786
$500$1K$2K$5K$10K$20Kfacility $7,244professional $3,548

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$851.14
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$8,511.38
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,548.13
Typical High
$4,677.35
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,244.36
Median
$10,715.19
Typical High
$11,220.18
Anthem BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$2,884.03
Median
$3,388.44
Typical High
$4,677.35
CareSource
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$3,801.89
Typical High
$5,370.32
CareSource
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,311.31
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$5,248.07
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,890.45
Median
$3,890.45
Typical High
$6,606.93
Molina
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$32.36
Median
$33.11
Typical High
$3,548.13
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$537.03
Median
$4,365.16
Typical High
$28,183.83
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$3,090.30
Median
$4,168.69
Typical High
$6,606.93

Where Kentucky sits

The same service costs 2.3 times more in Alaska than in Kentucky. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Kentucky· 51st of 51

$3,548

AK $8,318KY $3,548

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.